Year-end countdown · 91X · 2012-12-XX

91X Top 91 Songs of 2012

The year-end countdown (2012-12-XX) from 91X in San Diego, CA / Tijuana ranks 91 songs, with “Somebody That I Used To Know” by Gotye at number one. The list features 67 different artists; The Black Keys has the most entries with three songs.

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91Xstation
San Diego, CA / Tijuanamarket

Source printed artist names in all caps with no artist/title separator; artist/title boundary inferred from capitalization pattern (title-case titles vs. all-caps artists). Rank 22 ("Gaslight Anthem 45") had no case boundary at all; resolved from context. Ranks 3 and 60 have titles truncated with an ellipsis in the source.

# Song ListsBest
1 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye 65 #1
2 I Will Wait Mumford & Sons 57 #1
3 The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie Red Hot Chili Peppers 48 #3
4 Midnight City M83 55 #4
5 We Are Young f/Janelle Monae fun. 4 #5
6 Lonely Boy The Black Keys 78 #1
7 Madness Muse 49 #2
8 Little Talks Of Monsters And Men 56 #1
9 Burn It Down Linkin Park 19 #3
10 Top Of The World Slightly Stoopid 4 #10
11 Lost In Forever P.O.D. 4 #3
12 Trojans Atlas Genius 40 #3
13 Gold On The Ceiling The Black Keys 53 #1
14 Tongue Tied Grouplove 41 #4
15 Too Close Alex Clare 23 #3
16 Oh Love Green Day 15 #8
17 Everybody Talks Neon Trees 18 #3
18 Take A Walk Passion Pit 43 #3
19 Dark Horses Switchfoot 19 #11
20 Freedom At 21 Jack White 15 #12
21 Shake It Out Florence And The Machine 53 #3
22 45 The Gaslight Anthem 18 #1
23 Paradise Coldplay 51 #8
24 It's Time Imagine Dragons 36 #1
25 Runaways The Killers 19 #5
26 Little Black Submarines The Black Keys 41 #3
27 Wait For Me Rise Against 6 #23
28 Sky Is The Limit Rebelution 1 #28
29 Where Will We Go IAMDYNAMITE 4 #29
30 California Delta Spirit 9 #30
31 After Midnight blink-182 21 #14
32 Days Are Forgotten Kasabian 8 #30
33 Reunion M83 6 #33
34 Surrender Angels & Airwaves 4 #34
35 We Come Running Youngblood Hawke 15 #18
36 Days Go By The Offspring 9 #11
37 Look Around Red Hot Chili Peppers 8 #15
38 Some Nights fun. 31 #2
39 Rope Foo Fighters 47 #1
40 Satellite Rise Against 19 #2
41 Simple Song The Shins 37 #3
42 Spread Too Thin Dirty Heads 12 #6
43 Pumped up Kicks Foster The People 83 #1
44 Twisted Tales Jane's Addiction 2 #44
45 Anna Sun Walk the Moon 22 #2
46 Let Us Hear Your Voice Pennywise 1 #46
47 These Days Foo Fighters 33 #3
48 Kill Your Heroes AWOLNATION 14 #9
49 The Sound Of Winter Bush 27 #2
50 Let Yourself Go Green Day 9 #26
51 Radioactive Imagine Dragons 39 #1
52 Afterlife Switchfoot 5 #27
53 This Ladder Is Ours Joy Formidable 5 #28
54 Miss Atomic Bomb The Killers 5 #24
55 Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings) Silversun Pickups 11 #7
56 Change Churchill 12 #39
57 Itchin' On A Photograph Grouplove 14 #21
58 Sixteen Saltines Jack White 16 #13
59 Lost In The Echo Linkin Park 6 #35
60 Lessons In Love (All Day… Neon Trees 4 #31
61 Adolescents Incubus 24 #8
62 I Like It Foxy Shazam 4 #31
63 No Light, No Light Florence And The Machine 11 #16
64 Tightrope Walk the Moon 7 #36
65 Not Your Fault AWOLNATION 27 #8
66 Chained The xx 9 #23
67 Love Interruption Jack White 20 #2
68 Mountain Sound Of Monsters And Men 38 #3
69 Breathing Underwater Metric 15 #21
70 Don't Stop Slightly Stoopid 2 #14
71 Closer Tegan and Sara 11 #39
72 Bridge Burning Foo Fighters 6 #50
73 Panopticon The Smashing Pumpkins 1 #73
74 Settle Down No Doubt 4 #42
75 Porcupine f/Lincoln Parish Iration 1 #75
76 The Pit Silversun Pickups 19 #6
77 Been Away Too Long Soundgarden 9 #15
78 Minerals Oliver Trolley 1 #78
79 Ho Hey Lumineers 63 #1
80 Victoria Eve 6 4 #10
81 Sleep Alone Two Door Cinema Club 15 #22
82 Hard Times Family Wagon 1 #82
83 Jump Into The Fog Wombats 11 #10
84 Where The Kids Are Blondfire 4 #75
85 Help Is On The Way Rise Against 28 #3
86 Gimme Twice The Royal Concept 3 #27
87 Tempest Deftones 9 #36
88 Bug Wavves 1 #88
89 Plaster Beast Patrol 1 #89
90 Thrift Shop f/Wanz Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 1 #90
91 Dangerous Audio Addiction 1 #91

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About this countdown

91X Top 91 Songs of 2012 was voted by 91X’s listeners (San Diego, CA / Tijuana) in 2012-12-XX. Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

Source: 91X FM, "91X Top 91 Songs of 2012" (via Wayback Machine).

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